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2000 National and State Scores

Table 2: ACT Subscores, Distributions, and Cumulative Percentiles


  Usage/Mechanics Rhetorical Skills Social Studies/Science Arts/Literature
Sub Score Number Percent at or Below Number Percent at or Below Number Percent at or Below Number Percent at or Below
18 14195 99 5854 99 27575 99 31405 99
17 25343 99 17532 99 30792 97 65849 97
16 40169 96 26234 98 56789 95 62977 91
15 62470 93 65831 95 55246 89 73611 85
14 83365 87 71340 89 88603 84 83747 78
13 77566 79 86011 82 72562 76 90997 70
12 81354 72 104999 74 80473 69 95170 62
11 103032 64 148270 65 121250 61 85299 53
10 106218 54 141328 51 125100 50 105529 45
9 106372 44 148123 37 109054 38 68630 35
8 120426 34 104084 23 105931 23 72562 28
7 89712 23 64043 14 71326 18 78701 22
6 58099 15 42625 8 51953 11 60080 14
5 48823 9 21593 4 35071 6 51506 9
4 32689 5 12184 2 21645 3 22081 4
3 11978 1 4122 1 8277 1 12821 1
2 3022 1 901 1 2754 1 3757 1
1 305 1 64 1 737 1 416 1
Average 10.3 10.6 10.7 11.1
Standard Deviation 3.5 2.9 3.5 3.8


  Pre/Elem Algebra Alg/Crd-Geom Pln Geom/Trig
Sub Score Number Percent at or Below Number Percent at or Below Number Percent at or Below
18 27191 99 11199 99 11745 99
17 48841 97 7477 99 707 99
16 38946 93 18599 98 37395 99
15 50760 89 37168 97 58904 95
14 89749 84 55382 93 82795 90
13 103571 76 101317 88 97593 82
12 90955 66 89913 78 99144 73
11 91181 58 146779 70 124584 64
10 130291 49 140075 56 163844 52
9 113841 37 156629 43 149232 36
8 104998 26 134086 28 113272 22
7 81081 16 61920 16 52755 12
6 52945 9 41096 10 32228 7
5 26448 4 38645 6 17272 4
4 8493 1 13081 2 7526 2
3 4656 1 6794 1 10842 2
2 1033 1 2465 1 2718 1
1 158 1 2513 1 2582 1
Average 10.9 10.1 10.6
Standard Deviation 3.4 2.9 2.9
Number of students=1065138

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